Ironing-board



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A. 0. TANNENBERG 8c J; R. BARNUM.

IRONING BOARD. No. 262,502. Patented Aug. 8, 1882.

WITNESSES INKIINTOE:

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST 0. TANNENBERG AND JOHN R. BARNUM, OF NEWTON, KANSAS.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,502, dated August8, 1882.

Application filed December 23, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUST 0. TANNEN- BERG and JOHN R. BARNUM, ofNewton, in the county of Harvey and State of Kansas, have invented a newand Improved Ironing- Board, of which the following is a fulI cIear, andexact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improvedironing-board, which is simple in construction, can be erected for usevery conveniently, can be folded very compactly, and is adapted forironing articles of various shapes and sizes. The edge of a table orstrip nailed to the wallis placed between the grooved tongues, whichedge is grasped by them, the board upon which the articles are ironedbeing horizontal, the other supporting-boardbeing inclined.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of our improved ironing-board. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same, showing parts broken out. Fig. 3 is a viewin detail of the under side of the board and arms with theirmortise-and-tenon connection, of the brace with its apertured strap, andthe pin used in the apertures. I

The boards A and B are provided at corresponding ends with longitudinalrecesses or grooves G, forming tongues D D, the tongues of one boardfitting in the grooves or recesses between the tongues of the otherboard. The boards are hinged to each other at the inner ends of thetongues and grooves by an ordinary hinge, E, or some other equivalentdevice. The board B is made oblong or quadrilateral, and the board A ismadetaperin g from the end provided with the tongues and grooves towardthe opposite end, as is shown in Fig. 1.

The boards A and B are each provided with a triangular and rectangulartransverse groove, F, in the tongues D, the grooves being in the lowersurface of the board B and in the upper surface of the board Athat is tosay, the grooves F are in the outer surfaces of the boards. The board Ais provided with a mortise in each longitudinal edge, adapted to receivea tenon of an arm, G, which is in the horizontal plane, but is inclinedto the longitudinal edge of the board A. A brace, H, is

hinged to the upper or inner surface of the (ModeL) board B, and theupper end of this brace H is provided with a strap, J, having a seriesof apertures, K, through one of which a pin, L, projecting from theunder or inner surface of the board A,is passed,for the purpose ofholding the brace in place. The boards can be covered in the ordinarymanner as ironingboards are generally covered.

The operation is as follows: The boards are separated and the edge of atable or strip nailed to the wall, &c., is passed between the separatedshorter ends of the boards, so that the upper surface of the horizontalboard will be under the edge of the table-that is, will rest against theunder surface of the same. The upper edge or corner of the edge of thetable or of the strip passes into the groove D of 70 the inclined board.As the pressure on the horizontal board increases the pressure of theupper end of the inclined board on the end of the table or stripincreases, and the strip or end of the table will be grasped more firmlyby the tongues D D as the pressure on the horizontal board increases.The lower end of the inclined board naturally rests on the floor.

Either the board A or B may be inclined or horizontal accordingly assmaller or larger arlicles are to be ironed.

The arms G are especially adapted for ironing sleeves. When notrequired, these arms G can be removed very easily.

If desired, the board B can be replaced by 85 a frame. However, theconstruction shown is preferred.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The boards A B, hinged and connected togetherby tongues and grooves D G, and provided with the angular transversegrooves F in the under side of the tongues of board B and in the uppersurface of the tongues of board A, in combination with the arms G,connected by mortise and tenon with board A, the brace H, hinged to theboard B and having at the upper end a strap, J, with a series ofapertures, K, and the pin L, projecting from 100 the board A, as shownand described.

AUGUST OTTO TANNENBERG. JOHN It. BARNUM.

Witnesses:

A. L. BOSTWIOK, JOHN A. FALTZ.

